Rapper Under Investigation Over Photo Of Him With A Gun By Police Car

By Tom Knighton

Hip-hop music has a contentious relationship with the police and it has for decades. The genre often features lyrics deriding the police, and that’s when it’s not outright talking about violence against officers. As a result, many officers are less than excited about the music.

Can’t imagine why.

Anyway, a photograph surface in Monroeville, PA that has police more than a little concerned after a rapper posed with a firearm while squatting down next to a police car.

Monroeville police are investigating after a rapper released a picture of himself holding guns and kneeling next to one of the department’s patrol cars.

Brennan Brooks-Boyd, known in music circles as “TrippyDoo,” posted the picture on his Facebook page this week with the caption, “(Expletive) the cops.”

Brooks-Boyd said Wednesday evening the image and crude remark were posted to promote a new single he is about to release, “(Expletive) 5-0,” which is a slang reference to police. The Pittsburgh musician said the photo was taken a few days ago in front of an unoccupied police car along Haymaker Road in Monroeville.

“The whole idea was to have a collage with the cop cars,” said Brooks-Boyd, 23, who added that he owns the shotgun and AR-15 …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms